BlockWinneboujou, Wisconsin
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Brule town. It lies in ZIP code area 54820. It stands on Nebagamon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brule quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1947 USGS Brule quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Brule quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Port Wing quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Brule quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Winneboujou between 1992 and 2018, burning about 50 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 June 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BRULE BRIDGE SOUTH FIRE |
| 9 May 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BRULE BRIDGE NORTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Winneboujou: 11 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percival | Copper | Unknown | Copper | |
| Bellwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Blueberry Creek Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bois Brule River Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bois Brule River Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Bois Brule River Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bois Brule River Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winneboujou in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winneboujou | - | A couple dozen trees were down along Highway 27 about 2 or 3 miles south of the intersection with County Road B. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1577890. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.